Black staples in Standard · magic.gg

35 cards played in at least 2% of the 504 Standard decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Requiting Hex (22% of decks).

Main deck (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	21.6%	2.7
2	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	19.0%	2.3
3	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	12.9%	1.4
4	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	2.4
5	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	9.3%	1.7
6	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	9.3%	2.7
7	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	6.5%	1.9
8	Moseo, Vein's New Dean Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	Legendary Creature — Bird Skeleton Warlock	6.3%	2.8
9	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	5.8%	3.8
10	Umbral Collar Zealot Creature — Human Cleric	Creature — Human Cleric	5.4%	2.6
11	Starscape Cleric Creature — Bat Cleric	Creature — Bat Cleric	5.4%	2.1
12	Deep-Cavern Bat Creature — Bat	Creature — Bat	5.0%	2.4
13	Greedy Freebooter Creature — Human Pirate	Creature — Human Pirate	4.8%	4.0
14	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	3.4
15	Obsessive Pursuit Enchantment	Enchantment	4.6%	4.0
16	Dream Beavers Creature — Beaver Nightmare	Creature — Beaver Nightmare	4.4%	3.7
17	Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	3.6%	3.5
18	Rottenmouth Viper Creature — Elemental Snake	Creature — Elemental Snake	3.4%	2.4
19	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	1.6
20	Moonshadow Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.8%	3.9
21	Dark Matter Manipulator Creature — Human Warlock	Creature — Human Warlock	2.6%	3.6
22	Deadly Precision Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	1.8
23	Iron-Shield Elf Creature — Elf Warrior	Creature — Elf Warrior	2.4%	3.7
24	Callous Inspector Creature — Human Soldier	Creature — Human Soldier	2.4%	2.1
25	Vraska's Final Mercy Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.6
26	The Soul Stone Legendary Artifact — Infinity Stone	Legendary Artifact — Infinity Stone	2.4%	1.2
27	Dismember Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.5

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (16)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	31.0%	2.5
2	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	30.4%	2.0
3	Day of Black Sun Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	1.7
4	Requiting Hex Instant	Instant	12.3%	1.5
5	M.O.D.O.K. Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	Legendary Artifact Creature — Villain	8.7%	1.0
6	Deadly Cover-Up Sorcery	Sorcery	6.9%	1.2
7	Shoot the Sheriff Instant	Instant	6.3%	1.4
8	Ancient Vendetta Sorcery	Sorcery	6.3%	1.8
9	Terminal Criticism Instant	Instant	4.2%	1.5
10	Qarsi Revenant Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	4.0%	1.8
11	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	3.4%	1.8
12	Doomsday Excruciator Creature — Demon	Creature — Demon	2.8%	1.9
13	Decorum Dissertation Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.6%	1.0
14	Intimidation Tactics Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.7
15	Outrageous Robbery Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.3
16	Starscape Cleric Creature — Bat Cleric	Creature — Bat Cleric	2.2%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it